{"id":22461,"date":"2022-10-01T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T01:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&p=22461"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:18:16","slug":"agnishwar-jayaprakash-making-the-drone-industry-soar","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/agnishwar-jayaprakash-making-the-drone-industry-soar\/","title":{"rendered":"Agnishwar Jayaprakash: Making the drone industry soar"},"content":{"rendered":"
(October 1, 2022)<\/strong> On September 29, 2022, Garuda Aerospace received its DGCA approval as a remote pilot training organisation. It will enable the startup to train some 1 lakh drone pilots across 755 districts, a target it aims to meet by the end of 2025. It’s a huge leap forward, both in terms of technology and regulation. Founded by serial social entrepreneur and Global Indian<\/em> <\/a>Agnishwar Jayaprakash (Agni Foundation), who went from swimming to champ to entrepreneurship and studying in Harvard Business School, the startup received funding from MS Dhoni in June 2022.<\/div>\n
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Back in 2014, Francesco’s Pizzerias in Mumbai created quite the stir when it used an unmanned drone to deliver pizzas. Unfortunately, it also ruffled the feathers of the Mumbai police, who called it a security risk. The Indian government has been quick to catch on to the many uses of drones, from defense surveillance to mapping rural landholdings. The forest department also uses them to keep an eye out of poachers. By 2030, India’s drone industry is all set to hit a market-size of $23 billion and capture 25 percent of the global drone market, according to journalist Shereen Bhan on Young Turks.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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